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[Q] Syncing Calendar with Facebook

Heya
How do I get my Facebook birthdays and events to show up in my Calendar ? So far only the weather predictions for a particular date are shown.
Cheers
MJ

I guess you already have facebook set up. Should just be a matter if following this menu path:
Calendar
Menu
More
Calendars
Tick facebook
Then you might have to wait for it to sync.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD

Yes I have the normal facebook setup (not the HTC sense one).
I don't see the option to add the facebook calendar to my calendar.
Is something missing ?

Ok I just did a quick test and you need to set up facebook for htc sense to get it to work. The standard facebook syncs contacts only.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD

I would actually like to know the opposite. How do I remove all the facebook birthdays etc from the calendar?
I have turned off facebook sync, google calendar sync, and have cleared all the calendar data and cache. But every time I restart the phone they just appear again. I have no idea how to get them permanently, can anyone give me some advice?

You can import facebook events into google calender. After that you will see them in your phone calender, as well as on the web google calender. Follow this guide http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/15/how-to-sync-facebook-events-with-google-calendar/

chris.daf said:
I would actually like to know the opposite. How do I remove all the facebook birthdays etc from the calendar?
I have turned off facebook sync, google calendar sync, and have cleared all the calendar data and cache. But every time I restart the phone they just appear again. I have no idea how to get them permanently, can anyone give me some advice?
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Menu-> more-> calendars, then deselect facebook.
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Calendar not working properly

Just get my G back from service center, and they updated the E97510F-SEA-XX fw for me.
Now the problem is the calendar only can sync from phone calendar and google calendar, I also want to sync from outlook,facebook, etc
I remember other than the "contact" there also should be "calendar" option under the facebook sync
Anyone has the solution for this ? :crying:
here are some screen-shots for the account & sync , calendar

Anyone knows?

local calendar

Call me paranoid, but I don't like the idea of keeping my appointments in the cloud.
The problem is, the stock HTC calendar reduces available options when I'm switching from a Google account to either the phone (i.e. HTC Sync) or local account.
Does anyone have any experience with the Google calendar app and local accounts? Is it possible to use it without syncing with Google? Is there any other decent calendar app that would work with a completely local account, with an occasional backup to either SD card or PC?

You can turn off synchronization for Google Calendar under settings.

ikeny said:
You can turn off synchronization for Google Calendar under settings.
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Somehow on my phone this setting has no effect and Google keeps syncing the calendar.
And then I'm using several gmail accounts, so the events get scattered between different "accounts". I have no idea why a simple list of appointments has to be associated with any kind account.

I don't think you are doing it right when you turned off the calendar sync. Anyway, there is an app called Offline Calendar. Perhaps you could give it a try.

I know this app. It creates a local (offline) calendar, but does not do anything else, you have to use this local calendar as an "account" in some other calendar app, like the stock HTC calendar.
As to turning off sync, I don't think you can do it "wrong". You just go into Google account settings, tap on an account (if you have more than one, like I do) and then there are sync settings, you can choose whether to sync gmail, contacts, calendar, apps, etc. I uncheck all of the boxes except for gmail, since this is the only thing I need to be synced - otherwise I will not be able to read email and that's the whole point of having a Google account. In any case, the calendar sync setting is off and still the HTC calendar app syncs every time I add an event to a calendar associated with a Google account.

Two ideas to try:
1. Use Google calendar with sync turned off. See if it still syncs new event.
2. Stay with HTC calendar and use the offline new account created by that app. Add new event to the offline account.

Try a calendar on the play store that has no sync function........ Or, don't worry. Everyone syncs... If there were security issues, it would be reported all over.
I doubt Google will show up at an event you have scheduled and mug you. ?

Sync Individual Accounts?

Under Accounts & Sync, I only have one main toggle for syncing all accounts.
Previously on Samsung in 4.4 I had toggles for each account.
I would like to sync some accounts but I do not wish to sync google contacts, data etc. If I disable sync then nothing syncs (email, etc). I would like to use the play store.
I am currently deleting the google account and turning sync ON . Then when I wish to install something, I turn sync OFF, login to google, install apps, then logout etc...
I'd like to somehow install apps without having to sync other google data if that's possible. This was possible on a samsung with 4.4.
I don't know if this is an Android version issue, a ROM issue or something else. I am currently using Fulmics 6.7
I've never used the stock ROM.

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Anyone have any ideas?

How Do I Sync Google Calendar Only?

Is there a way to sync ONLY my google calendar without syncing other services?

Go to Settings / User & Accounts / Google and select only the options Sync Calendar and Sync Tasks in Calendar.

clauss2004 said:
Go to Settings / User & Accounts / Google and select only the options Sync Calendar and Sync Tasks in Calendar.
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When I go there I have the only option of syncing everything including drive which I don't want. I just want to sync calendar ONLY. Btw theres no 'sync tasks' options, just sync calendar, wifi, fit, contacts, drive, people and games cloud.
I also tried installing 2 sync widgets from the playstore to sync my calendar upon pressing their buttons but it doesn't work. Do you know where in the settings on the phone I need to modify to get the widgets to work? The phone isn't letting the widgets work which is strange.

This is how it looks on my phone. However I have installed the google apps so maybe that's why it looks different.

clauss2004 said:
This is how it looks on my phone. However I have installed the google apps so maybe that's why it looks different.
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Hey dude. your response lead me to the answer. What happened to me was I disabled the google app which turned off syncing. Now I've re-enabled the google app and its working fine now.
The only issue now is how to reduce the amount of times it syncs since its syncing all the time. If you know of a good app that limits syncing times please let me know. Thanks.